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LICENSED SURVEYORS ACT 1909 - NOTES

Notes

1 This is a compilation of the Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 1a, 6. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Licensed Surveyors Act 1909

25 of 1909

29 Oct 1909

1 Jan 1910 (see s. 1)

Licensed Surveyors Act Amendment Act 1940

16 of 1940

12 Nov 1940

12 Nov 1940

Reprint of the Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 approved 2 Jul 1956 in Vol. 10 of Reprinted Acts (includes amendments listed above)

Licensed Surveyors Act Amendment Act 1958

14 of 1958

6 Oct 1958

6 Oct 1958

Decimal Currency Act 1965

113 of 1965

21 Dec 1965

Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1));
s. 4-9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))

Reprint of the Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 approved 1 Sep 1975 (includes amendments listed above)

Licensed Surveyors Act Amendment Act 1976

107 of 1976

17 Nov 1976

Act other than s. 7-9: 17 Nov 1976 (see s. 2(1));
s. 7-9: 1 Jan 1977 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 31 Dec 1976 p. 5127-8)

Acts Amendment (Financial provisions of regulatory bodies) Act 1987 s. 3

77 of 1987

26 Nov 1987

1 Jan 1988 (see s. 2)

Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994 s. 19

32 of 1994

29 Jun 1994

1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948)

Sentencing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1995 Pt. 45

78 of 1995

16 Jan 1996

4 Nov 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Oct 1996 p. 5632)

Licensed Surveyors Amendment Act 1996

79 of 1996

14 Nov 1996

5 Apr 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 4 Apr 1997 p. 1750)

Acts Repeal and Amendment (Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration) Act 1998 s. 15

40 of 1998

30 Oct 1998

14 Apr 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 9 Apr 1999 p. 1433)

Reprint of the Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 as at 1 Jan 1999 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Acts Repeal and Amendment (Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration) Act 1998) (correction to reprint in Gazette 11 Jan 2000 p. 103)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2000 s. 21

24 of 2000

4 Jul 2000

4 Jul 2000 (see s. 2)

Reprint of the Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 as at 22 Nov 2002 (includes amendments listed above)

Acts Amendment and Repeal (Competition Policy) Act 2003 Pt. 10 2

70 of 2003

15 Dec 2003

21 Apr 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 20 Apr 2004 p. 1297)

State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 2 Div. 73 3

55 of 2004

24 Nov 2004

1 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)

Criminal Law Amendment (Simple Offences) Act 2004 s. 82

70 of 2004

8 Dec 2004

31 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 14 Jan 2005 p. 163)

Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 80 4

84 of 2004 (as amended by No. 2 of 2008 s. 78(2)(c))

16 Dec 2004

2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction in Gazette 7 Jan 2005 p. 53))

Reprint 5: The Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 as at 5 May 2006 (includes amendments listed above)

Land Information Authority Act 2006 s. 143 

60 of 2006

16 Nov 2006

1 Jan 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 8 Dec 2006 p. 5369)

Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 66 

2 of 2008

12 Mar 2008

27 Apr 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 24 Apr 2008 p. 1559)

Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4 and 51

19 of 2010

28 Jun 2010

11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)

1a On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1987 Pt. IX 5

126 of 1987

31 Dec 1987

To be proclaimed (see s. 2)

2 The Acts Amendment and Repeal (Competition Policy) Act 2003 s. 40(7)-(9) reads as follows:


(7) A person appointed under section 4 of the Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 as a member of the Land Surveyors Licensing Board and holding office immediately before the commencement of this section continues to hold office under the first-mentioned section during the period from that commencement until the following 31 December (the transitional period) as if this section had not been enacted.

(8) The Surveyor General continues to hold office as the chairman of the Land Surveyors Licensing Board during the transitional period as if this section had not been enacted.

(9) A vacancy that occurs in the membership of the Land Surveyors Licensing Board during the transitional period is to be filled in accordance with section 4 of the Licensed Surveyors Act 1909, as enacted immediately before the commencement of this section.

”.

3 The State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Pt. 5, the State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004 s. 167 and 169, and the State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004 r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.

4 The Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 82, to the extent it amends this Act, was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 78(2)(c).

5 On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1987 Pt. IX (s. 40-44) had not come into operation. It reads as follows:


Part IX — Licensed Surveyors Act 1909

40. Principal Act

In this Part the Licensed Surveyors Act 1909 is referred to as the principal Act.

41. Section 3 amended

Section 3 of the principal Act is amended by deleting the definition of “Surveyor General ”.

42. Section 4 amended

(1) Section 4 of the principal Act is amended —

(a) in subsection (1) by deleting —

(i) paragraph (a); and

(ii) “Surveyor General” in paragraph (b) and substituting the following —

“ Minister ”;

(b) by repealing subsection (1a);

(c) in subsection (2) by deleting “, other than the Surveyor General,”;

(d) in subsection (3) by deleting “other than the Surveyor General,”;

(e) in subsection (4) by deleting —

(i) “other than the Surveyor General”; and

(ii) “Surveyor General”, where it occurs for the second and third times, and substituting in each case the following —

“ Minister ”;

(f) in subsection (4a) by deleting —

(i) “Surveyor General” and substituting the following —

“ Minister ”;

(ii) paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph —


(a) in respect of the occasion of the first appointment of the member after the commencement of section 42 of the Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1987, as soon as is practicable after that commencement; and

”;

(g) in subsection (5) by deleting “Surveyor General”, wherever it occurs, and substituting in each case the following —

“ Minister ”;

(h) in subsection (5a) by deleting “Surveyor General” and substituting the following —

“ Minister ”; and

(i) by inserting after subsection (5a) the following subsection —


(5b) The Governor shall, on the nomination of the Minister, appoint one of the members of the Board who is a licensed surveyor to be the chairman of the Board.

”.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) —

(a) the members of the Board who were in office immediately before the commencement of this section, except for the member referred to in section 4(1)(a) of the principal Act, shall —

(i) if that commencement occurred before 1 January 1988, continue in office until 31 December 1987; or

(ii) if that commencement occurred on or after 1 January 1988 but before 1 January 1989, continue in office until 31 December 1988;

and

(b) if the commencement of this section occurred —

(i) before 1 January 1988, any vacancy in the office of member of the Board which occurred after that commencement but before 1 January 1988; or

(ii) on or after 1 January 1988 but before 1 January 1989, any vacancy in the office of member of the Board which occurred after that commencement but before 1 January 1989,

shall be filled, subject to subsection (3), in the manner provided by the principal Act as in force immediately before that commencement.

(3) A vacancy referred to in subsection (2) caused by the going out of office of a member of the Board appointed before the commencement of this section under section 4(1)(b) of the principal Act shall be filled by the appointment by the Governor on the nomination of the Minister of a new member of the Board.

(4) In subsections (2) and (3) “Board” has the meaning given by the principal Act.

43. Section 18 amended

Section 18 of the principal Act is amended by deleting “Surveyor General” and substituting the following —

“ Registrar of Titles ”.

44. Section 19 amended

Section 19 of the principal Act is amended by deleting “Surveyor General”, wherever it occurs, and substituting in each case the following —

“ Registrar of Titles ”.

”.

6 The Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 27 was repealed by the Criminal Law and Evidence Amendment Act 2008 s. 77(13).




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